On March 27, 2025, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced the launch of an Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force, described as an initiative dedicated to eliminating “anticompetitive state and federal laws and regulations that undermine free market competition.” The creation of the task force follows President Trump’s signing of Executive Order (EO) 14192, which advocates for executive policy that alleviates “unnecessary regulatory burdens placed on the American people.” The EO instructs federal agencies to review all regulations that impose burdens on small businesses and interfere with private enterprise.

The Task Force will work with state and federal agencies to identify laws and regulations that pose high barriers to competition and make it difficult for businesses to effectively compete. The announcement states that the Task Force will target specific markets that are said to have the greatest impact on American households, including housing, transportation, food and agriculture, healthcare, and energy. Regarding the transportation sector, the DOJ notes that industries like airlines, rail, and ocean shipping have laws and regulations that “can grant antitrust immunities, outright monopolies, or safe harbors for conduct that undermines competition.” 

The DOJ is seeking public comments until May 26, 2025.

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Chahira Solh serves as a trusted advisor on antitrust issues for a number of the country’s most recognizable companies, including in the auto, aviation, health care, and defense industries. Her practice focuses on all aspects of antitrust law, including litigation and government enforcement

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Chahira Solh serves as a trusted advisor on antitrust issues for a number of the country’s most recognizable companies, including in the auto, aviation, health care, and defense industries. Her practice focuses on all aspects of antitrust law, including litigation and government enforcement actions, joint venture analysis, merger control, and affirmative recovery opportunities.  By approaching transactional and compliance issues with the eye of a litigator, Chahira is able to provide comprehensive legal and business advice that anticipates issues and mitigates future legal or business risks.

As a litigator, Chahira defends clients in civil antitrust litigation ranging from “no-poach” agreements, to allegations of exclusive dealing and tying, to minimum advertised price policies, to price fixing. Chahira also advises clients on affirmative recovery strategies that enable companies to recoup monies owed to them due to the illegal acts of competitors or from overcharges by the government. Chahira helps clients devise litigation strategies that advance and protect both their commercial and legal interests.

Clients also turn to Chahira to provide strategic counsel on a variety of antitrust matters, including merger clearance, joint ventures, trade association law, the Robinson-Patman Act, and distribution and vertical issues, including pricing policies.

Chahira is the Chair of the firm’s Executive Committee and a member of the firm’s Management Board. She is active in many professional organizations, including serving on the board of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers – Orange County Chapter and the Public Law Center.  She has been recognized as a “Southern California Super Lawyer – Rising Star” in Antitrust Litigation since 2009. Chahira was selected for the 2016 Fellows Program of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), a national organization comprised of the legal profession’s top general counsels and managing partners, and continues to be involved in the LCLD Alumni community.

Chahira earned her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law, where she served as managing editor of the Journal of International Human Rights. While in law school, Chahira was selected to perform several internships at the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Antitrust Bureau, the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division in Washington, D.C., and at the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Protection Division in Chicago, Illinois. She received B.A.’s in both economics and history from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Amna Arshad, a former senior trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Transportation, has deep knowledge and experience in aviation issues, having drafted regulations, and led investigations, audits, and enforcement actions. Her government insights and relationships combined with her several years of…

Amna Arshad, a former senior trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Transportation, has deep knowledge and experience in aviation issues, having drafted regulations, and led investigations, audits, and enforcement actions. Her government insights and relationships combined with her several years of experience at top US Am Law 100 firms advising all types of global transportation clients—from major U.S. and non-U.S. passenger and cargo airlines, to transportation start-ups, as well as Fortune 200 companies—provide her a unique ability to counsel her clients through their most pressing challenges, including internal or government investigations, litigation/enforcement defense, and compliance counseling. Amna is a trusted leader who works with her clients to craft business-focused legal strategies, manage risk, and resolve complex issues with practical solutions.

Amna’s practice spans across a wide range of matters including but not limited to: enforcement and litigation defense, investigations, antitrust/competition, joint ventures and alliances, airports/slots, route proceedings, rulemakings, international law, consumer protection, economic/licensing matters as well as regulatory due diligence on mergers and acquisitions involving aviation interests. Amna also has experience advising companies that are investing in and creating new aviation technologies, including UAS and eVTOLs, on emerging regulatory issues and trends. Amna counsels clients on matters before all federal agencies that regulate the aviation sector including the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), FAA, NTSB, DOJ, and DHS (CBP/TSA).

Amna’s passion to advance diversity is a hallmark of her leadership. She is a member of the governing committee and chair of the diversity, equity, and inclusion committee for the ABA Air & Space Law Forum; the 2023-2024 president of the International Aviation Club of Washington; a member of the International Aviation Womens Association; a member of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Amica Center for Immigrants Rights; and a member of The Columbian Women of The George Washington University.

Amna is a thought leader and frequent author and speaker on a myriad of transportation and aviation legal topics. She has been recognized as “Aviation Lawyer of the Year,” Washington Business Journal’s “40 Under 40,” Law360’s “Transportation Rising Star,” and Chambers-ranked.

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Jasmine Masri is an associate in Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts and International Trade groups. Jasmine focuses her practice on global compliance issues, regulatory enforcement matters, and government investigations. Through her practice, Jasmine provides counsel on a variety of matters at the intersection of government contracts and international trade, including cross-border government procurement, economic sanctions, and export controls.

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